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Reading Well: Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee

I usually really react well to J.M. Coetzee’s work (see Disgrace). Elizabeth Costello (2003) is a very strange novel. There are two dominant modes in the book: one is a series of lectures given by the eponymous lead character; the … Continue reading

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Reading Well: Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee

J.M. Coetzee is one of the great writers of the second half of the twentieth century, so the raw skill and sophistication of Disgrace (1999) are no surprise. The novel–like much of Coetzee’s writing–can be read as a struggle to make … Continue reading

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